(Apologies for cross-posting)
This is a gentle reminder that the application deadline for the 2011 Medici
Summer School in Management Studies is approaching. Program details follow.
2011 Medici Summer School in Management Studies
Beyond Performance: Business Sustainability in question
We are pleased to announce the organization of the 3rd edition of the Medici
Summer School in Management Studies for doctoral students and young
researchers which will be held in Florence, June 5-10, 2011. The school is
sponsored in collaboration with organizing faculty from Alma GS (University
of Bologna), HEC Paris (Society and Organizations Research Center and the
HEC Foundation), and Stern School of Business (New York University).
The program of The 2011 Medici Summer School in Management
Studies; will
focus on Business Sustainability, more precisely on the conciliation or
antagonism between performance and business sustainability.
The five days of the Summer School will be tentatively organized as follows:
Day 1: Beyond performance and advantage. Rodolphe Durand, GDF-Suez
Professor in Business & Sustainability, Strategy department, HEC Paris.
Day 2: Sustainability, Cognition, and Innovation: Opportunities in OT and
OB? Frances Milliken, Professor of Management and Organizations, Stern
School of Business, New York University.
Day 3: Business Strategy and sustainable business: New research challenges,
Tima Bansal, Professor, Executive Director, Network for Business
Sustainability, and Director of the Center for Building Sustainable Value,
Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.
Day 4: Corporate strategy and sustainable business, Michael Russo, Lundquist
Professor of Sustainable Management, University of Oregon.
Day 5: Social and institutional forces, business sustainability, and
performance. Klaus Weber, Associate Professor of Management and
Organization, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Application procedure
The School will admit 20-25 student participants. Applications for these
slots are welcomed from current Ph.D. students in Management and related
disciplines from universities worldwide. Students for the Summer School will
be selected in accordance with the quality of their doctoral curricula,
research interests, and application materials.
There is no application or participation fee. Student participants will be
responsible for their own long distance travel expenses to and from
Florence, but the Summer School will cover all accommodation and board
expenses during the week of sessions provided that students attend the
entire week.
The deadline for applications is April 15, 2011. Admitted candidates will be
notified by May 1st. A waiting list of other candidates will be established.
Further details can be found at:
http://www.societyandorganizations.org/category/medici-summer-school/
or
http://www.medicisummerschool.it/
Best wishes,
Simone Ferriani, on behalf of the Medici organizing committee: Rudy Durand
Gianni Lorenzoni, Gino Cattani and Zur Shapira